Chapter 911: Possessing Unique Skills, Zhang Yu’s Hidden Trump Card?
Yi Yaosheng from the pharmaceutical company faction flipped through the performances of the other trainees while evaluating the potential grades of their Law Edicts.
“This one is grade 25… This one is grade 21… This one is roughly grade 15…”
Yi Yaosheng compared these trainees with Yue Qinglan, the representative of the Pharmaceutical Company he had just observed, and came to a conclusion in his heart.
“Although Yue Qinglan’s minimum lifespan is not accepted by many lower-tier cultivators, affecting the initial diffusion speed of the Law Edict, the Law Edict itself creates a good business environment. Its technical performance is also not bad. Once the employees continue to comply with it, they will gradually come to support the Law Edict.”
A flurry of calculations ran through Yi Yaosheng’s mind. After comprehensively evaluating the various statistical results, he thought to himself, “Yue Qinglan’s Law Edict potential, after being combined with the contents of the Law Edict, has grown from the previous grade 16 to grade 12. This can be considered to have surpassed the majority of the trainees.”
The potential evaluation before the official law establishment began was primarily based on the technical strength displayed by the trainees.
Now, as the official Law Establishment began, the trainees’ techniques and Law Edict contents combined, and through their actual performances, they demonstrated a more comprehensive potential evaluation grade.
And during this process of integrating the contents of the Law Edict, the trainees’ potential evaluations would also often rise.
The next moment, Yi Yaosheng’s gaze focused, already looking toward Cang Juehuan of the Artifact Spirit Faction.
At this very moment, the Law Edict named the Artifact Spirit Human Rights Law was spreading madly throughout the city beneath Cang Juehuan’s feet. And regarding the matter of artifact spirits possessing human rights, the massive number of Material Humans in the city naturally expressed their disgust. “Damn it! Artifact spirits were originally just work tools, and now they’re coming to steal our jobs too?” “Do artifact spirits even deserve to be human?”
Of course, there were also many high-level company executives who expressed their support: “Artifact spirits can only be cheaper if they have human rights! Why can’t they be human?”
The artifact spirits were naturally overjoyed by this as well: “Of course artifact spirits are human too! This is a fact acknowledged by the Sect Law Edict! Otherwise, why would the companies stop paying our Magical Artifact Maintenance Fee? Now we are all employees and must bear our own wear and tear!”
But even artifact spirits, after gaining human rights and finding jobs, would then oppose more artifact spirits gaining human rights.
Artifact spirits with human rights: “Do artifact spirits even deserve to be human? Are you artifact spirits crazy? All you do all day is flatter yourselves; did you work hard when you were reincarnating? From now on, no artifact spirit is allowed to call themselves human in front of me.”
“What do you mean I’m also an artifact spirit? How is that the same? That was just the path I took to get here; I am human now.”
“A bunch of stinking artifact spirits, just take your Magical Artifact Maintenance Fees. Salary is not something you should be touching.”
Seeing the “Artifact Spirit Human Rights Law” being opposed by a massive crowd, Yi Yaosheng laughed inwardly, “It seems the resistance against the ‘Artifact Spirit Human Rights Law’ here is even greater than that against Yue Qinglan’s minimum lifespan.”
He shook his head and commented, “With such massive resistance, it seems the spread of this Artifact Spirit Human Rights Law will be hard to speed up, and the Thought Tide amplification will be even harder to increase.”
The judge beside him said, “This is the weakness of the lower-tier cultivators and poor ghosts. As long as they become lower-tier cultivators and poor ghosts, they will disregard the big picture, ignore the greater good, and oppose the establishment of new laws.”
On the other side, as a supporter of the Artifact Spirit faction, Ling Chenji from the Innate Dao Lineage sneered and said, “Yi Yaosheng, you guys don’t know shit. Do you think this is a second-generation Law Edict? That it still needs the approval of lower-tier cultivators? That it can only be slowly ground out through public opinion, propaganda, and troll armies?”
“This is a third-generation Law Edict! You severely underestimate the adaptability of cultivators under a third-generation Law Edict. Watch closely; this is how human rights should be used.”
In Cang Juehuan’s closed beta testing environment, amidst public opposition to the Artifact Spirit Human Rights Law, major companies began taking action to push the law forward in order to obtain cheaper labor costs. A massive number of Yin Artifacts and Yang Artifacts, along with their artifact spirits, were hired and became employees of many companies.
“Starting today, your job is to engage in dual cultivation with other employees to restore their magic power.”
“Originally, we had to be responsible for your repairs and maintenance. Now that you’re employees, we only need to pay a salary and we can work you to death.”
“It’s a pity that overusing them makes them prone to scrapping early. Can we make them buy a minimum lifespan insurance policy? They are all human, after all.”
A large number of Yin Artifacts and Yang Artifacts, acting as employees, were treated as company benefits by the higher-ups and distributed to the other employees. At the company’s behest, employees were required to use the Yin Artifacts and Yang Artifacts every day at work to improve their efficiency. And because these artifacts possessed human rights and were fellow company employees, the workers didn’t even need to pay for the process; they just had to treat the other party as human. For example, before using them, they would simply ask if the artifact spirit was coming to work voluntarily.
With each use and inquiry, the employees repeatedly complied with the “Artifact Spirit Human Rights Law,” treating the artifact spirits as humans.
And this repeated compliance with the Law Edict continuously changed their way of thinking.
“This Yin Artifact actually looks quite delicate and pretty.”
“It’s still dual cultivation, and I don’t even have to worry about them secretly having my child…”
“You are a human, not a magical artifact! Don’t even think about charging me a depreciation fee! There is no such thing as wear and tear for humans going to work; serving the company is what you’re supposed to do!”
As various artifact spirits were assigned by the companies to become employees, a massive number of cultivators, in the process of interacting with the artifact spirits, had no choice but to comply with the “Artifact Spirit Human Rights Law,” which subsequently triggered a drastic change in their thinking.
Watching this scene, Ling Chenji said with satisfaction, “Did you see that? This is what excellent third-generation Law Edict technology and design looks like. It is the perfect coordination of rules and technology.”
“Cang Juehuan’s Thought Tide amplification will grow stronger over time, and its diffusion speed will become faster and faster, stepping up from an intermediate level to a high level, and even a special level.”
Yi Yaosheng frowned slightly. After making a silent calculation in his heart, he knew that what she said was correct.
Going by this trend, three days from now, Cang Juehuan would be able to cover the entire miniature city with his Law Edict True Domain.
And after entering the second phase, the spreading speed of his Law Edict would only become faster and faster.
“Grade 10!” Ling Chenji said. “Cang Juehuan’s Law Edict Potential Evaluation grade is at least a grade 10.”
Meanwhile.
Above the Miniature City, Cang Juehuan looked at the sentient beings undergoing earth-shattering changes under the shroud of his Law Edict, thinking to himself, “This is only the beginning.”
“31 days later, on the day the test ends… I will let all artifact spirits possess human rights! I will make all the Magical Artifact Spirits of all the trainees become my brothers!”
“With this Law Edict, the tax base and manpower of the entire Myriad Laws Sect will expand by 10 times, 100 times, or even more.”
“Immortal Emperor, and all you Immortals, you will see that my Artifact Spirit Human Rights Law is the one with the most potential, and the third-generation Law Edict that you need the most!”
At the same time, in the judges’ office, someone spoke up, “This Kuang Zhiqian, his magic power evaluation grade has already reached grade 9, hasn’t it?”
Hearing that another top-10 grade Law Edict had emerged, the numerous judges immediately looked over.
Bu Yuangui looked in the direction of Kuang Zhiqian, thinking to himself, “He has expanded gambling from the original loans, wages, and consumption to the output of Immortal Dao powers such as magic power, Gang Qi, and vital energy.”
“And the entire process relies on the Dharma Realm system, using the Dharma Realm… to complete the conversion, increase, and decrease of various powers. This Law Edict itself is supporting the Destiny Dao Lineage, as well as supporting the Dharma Realm Dao Lineage.”
Bu Yuangui thought to himself, “These guys from the Destiny Dao Lineage just want to tie everything they do to the Dharma Realm and the Immortal Emperor, borrowing the Immortal Emperor’s influence.”
On the other side, Dugu Ming praised, “Any output of Immortal Dao power can be gambled. If you win the bet… then the output multiplies. If you lose the bet, the output of Immortal Dao power sharply decreases, even potentially dropping to zero at the lowest, which means exerting effort for nothing.”
“If described in terms of combat, it means throwing a palm strike. If you win the bet, it turns into the effect of two palm strikes, but if you lose, you might consume the magic power of one palm strike without any effect.”
Fa Liuyuan was also looking at Kuang Zhiqian’s situation, rapidly calculating in his mind, “If quantified into labor, it would be the work output of moving bricks for an hour. If you win the bet, you might achieve the results of moving bricks for two hours, three hours, or even ten hours.”
“If one loses the bet, then moving bricks for an hour yields the results of only half an hour, or even 10 minutes… 1 minute… 0 seconds.”
He sighed, “It truly is uplifting the Destiny Dao Lineage. This is manipulating the fates of all living beings, especially when paired with the latest third-generation Law Edict.”
In the city beneath Kuang Zhiqian’s feet, an increasing number of cultivators could be seen gambling their Immortal Dao output while working.
“Hahahaha, I outputted an hour’s worth of magic power, but the performance doubled! It’s equivalent to working for two hours!”
“Wuu~~ Today’s whole day of work was all for nothing.”
“I refuse to accept this! A bet isn’t a guaranteed loss. I’m going to work another hour of overtime and finish all of today’s work in one go!”
“This job is too thrilling! Don’t let me get off work! I want to keep betting!”
In the miniature city, enveloped by Kuang Zhiqian’s Law Edict True Domain, countless people worked and gambled desperately, increasingly aligning themselves with this Law Edict.
Fa Liuyuan lamented, “Whether it’s gambling or working, both already hold a powerful temptation for cultivators. Gambling plus working? How massive is that temptation? Coupled with the Thought Tide technology of the third-generation Law Edict, the more they work and the more they gamble, the more they acknowledge this Law Edict, which in turn makes them double their work and double their gambling.”
Head Judge Su Xianchen smiled and said, “Heavenly Monarch Fa, you are right. Kuang Zhiqian’s Law Edict has increased the cultivators’ work efficiency and created a good business environment. The domain’s diffusion speed and the Thought Tide’s amplification strength are also second to none. Furthermore, it relies on the Dharma Realm and uplifts the Dharma Realm. This grade 9 ranking is well-deserved.”
“With the opening of the second phase, the scope of the Dharma Realm domain will continue to spread in the future, and this potential evaluation grade can continue to rise.”
Meanwhile, Kuang Zhiqian, who was continuously spreading his Law Edict True Domain, thought to himself, “The other trainees probably still don’t know that on the last day… right at the stroke of midnight, I will activate my Law Edict on everyone.”
“I will make it so that whenever anyone’s Law Edict is executed, there will be a probability of failure.”
“When the time comes, it will prove that my Law Edict’s potential stands above all of yours!”
“My Law Edict will be a Law Edict capable of influencing other Law Edicts, and even managing Law Edicts!”
Thinking of this, a surge of excitement swelled in Kuang Zhiqian’s heart.
All along, he had been hiding the true purpose of his Law Establishment, trying every means to prevaricate and cover it up. Now, he was finally about to reach this step.
Right at this moment, inside the office, another judge spoke up: “Look at Bu Yingshu’s Law Edict! Its potential evaluation has already reached grade 7!”
In Bu Yingshu’s city, tutoring centers opened one after another.
As the Law Edict True Domain spread, a large number of cultivators were swept into it, realizing that their Realm Certificates only had a one-month validity period left.
Thus, a Great Examination Era began!
Bu Yingshu shouted to the entire city, “Do you want to keep your cultivation? Do you want to avoid being laid off? Do you want to avoid a pay cut? Then go take the exams! Place all your value and meaning into the exams!”
Watching the tutoring centers quickly sweep across the city, one of the Judges said, “Such powerful Law Edict techniques. This spreading speed is simply too fast.”
Bu Yuangui nodded slightly. “She used her powerful Law Edict techniques to spread it as early as possible. Then, every Material Human who intends to prepare for the exams due to their certificate’s validity period ends up complying with the Law Edict, and subsequently begins to acknowledge it.”
In the city, a large number of cultivators were cursing and complaining at first.
But as they continuously attended tutoring classes and kept preparing for the exams, they became increasingly supportive of the ‘One Certificate, temporarily certified’ ideology.
“Some of those old fogeys who just rely on their seniority should have been eliminated long ago!”
“Everyone takes the exams together to get certified. The strong stay, and the weak are eliminated. This is fair!”
“Failing to pass just means your own abilities are lacking! The truly strong will never be eliminated!”
Ling Chenji of the Innate Dao Lineage nodded slightly and said, “Not bad. By making them prepare for examinations every day, they will only think about keeping their current rank instead of always thinking about how to climb up, which stabilizes the order within the sect.”
Dugu Ming smiled, “Although it lowered some work efficiency in the early stages, with each competition, it will inevitably enhance the comprehensive strength of cultivators in every cultivation realm, and it has also opened up a new market for remedial classes.”
Su Xianchen sighed, “The third-generation law establishment this time is truly full of talent. All major factions have chosen the best of the best and sent their most outstanding talents.”
Dugu Ming said, “It is all due to the Immortal Emperor’s virtue. I think if the people outside knew about it, they would all be eager to embrace this new era of New Kunxu, which has established minimum lifespan, artifact spirit human rights, work gambling, and ‘One Certificate, temporarily certified’.”
Ling Chenji of the Innate Dao Lineage said, “Don’t forget Di Xuan’s ‘Once certified, always certified’. I think his potential evaluation is about to step into grade 3.”
Everyone immediately looked over, only to see that in Di Xuan’s city, his Law Edict True Domain had already enveloped the entire city.
“So fast.” Fa Liuyuan was surprised in his heart: “Has his Law Edict Technology reached this level? How long has it been? It has already enveloped the whole city?”
Fa Liuyuan observed the impact brought about by Di Xuan’s Law Edict, and immediately saw… massive amounts of tax money being extracted from the countless cultivators in the city. It was as if it had transformed into wisps of Immortal Dao Potential, stripped from the hands of the Material Humans and surging toward the Righteous Gods in the sky.
Fa Liuyuan’s heart stirred: “This is…”
On the other side, Ling Chenji said, “It’s the Permanent Foundation Establishment Certificate, Permanent Golden Core Certificate, Permanent Nascent Soul Certificate, Permanent Spirit Transformation Certificate…”
Ling Chenji sighed with emotion, “Di Xuan’s ‘Once certified, always certified’ is not just for uplifting the Immortals, but also to leave a glimmer of hope for the cultivators of the world.”
“As long as one purchases the permanent certificates for the respective cultivation realms, they only need to regularly pay the Foundation Establishment Tax, Golden Core Tax, Nascent Soul Tax, and Spirit Transformation Tax… to permanently enjoy the certificates. Even after reincarnation, the Realm Certificate will still be retained.”
If Zhang Yu were here, he would realize that this was the complete version of ‘Once certified, always certified’, far from being as simple as what Di Xuan had explained to him.
Hearing this, Fa Liuyuan sneered inwardly. He knew that although the Innate Dao Lineage seemingly abandoned the realm solidification for lower-tier cultivators and made refinements within ‘Once certified, always certified’ to create this set of permanent certificates tailored for lower-tier cultivators — calling it a glimmer of hope — in his eyes…
“Bullshit glimmer of hope, this is a permanent lease certificate.”
Observing the content and execution of Di Xuan’s Law Edict, Fa Liuyuan thought to himself, “As long as it’s not a temporary certificate, it’s considered a permanent certificate, which means it’s treated as a payment, and you have to pay the Realm Tax regularly.”
“Furthermore, cultivators originating from the lower realm, as well as cultivators arriving from other sects, must also pay an additional tax.”
“These guys from the Innate Dao Lineage may seem to be tolerating the upward mobility of lower-tier cultivators, but in reality, they are using this Law Edict to tie a chain around all of them.”
Fa Liuyuan sighed inwardly, “How can newly advanced lower cultivators compare with veteran cultivators in terms of assets? If they have to pay this tax, the gap between the two sides will only grow wider.”
“When ‘Once certified, always certified’ and ‘One certification, temporarily certified’ work together, it puts all managed cultivators into a state of Realm Certificate provisionalization, which is to say, realm provisionalization.”
“You either take the ‘One certification, temporarily certified’ route, enduring the hard times, and maintaining your cultivation realm through exam after exam.”
“Or you take the ‘Once certified, always certified’ route, continuously paying taxes, and using money to maintain your cultivation realm.”
Fa Liuyuan could sense that once these two Law Edicts worked together, their efficiency would skyrocket, forming an even stricter, harsher, and tighter management system for the vast majority of cultivators in the Myriad Laws Sect.
In particular, the more these two Law Edicts operated, and the more the cultivators took exams and paid taxes, the more they would recognize this system.
At the same time, Su Xianchen, who was standing to the side, said, “Di Xuan is indeed a talent nurtured by the Innate Dao Lineage for many years. Aside from Lie Jinghong, this Law Establishment has gained another Law Edict with a top-three potential rating. Congratulations.”
As the most anticipated trainee of this Law Establishment, Lie Jinghong had already reached a potential rating of grade 4 prior to the official Law Establishment, relying on his formidable cultivation and technique.
After the Law Establishment began, with the infusion of many Judges, he was the first to achieve city-wide coverage for his Law Edict, pushing his potential rating up to grade 3.
Ling Chenji smiled and said, “Once the second phase begins and Di Xuan’s ‘Once Certified, always certified’ works together with Bu Yingshu’s ‘One certification, temporarily certified’, their potential ratings will rise another wave.”
Right at that moment, a judge said, “Lie Jinghong’s evaluation grade has been raised to grade 2!” Everyone looked over in surprise and saw a city where the total population of the Dharma Realm and the number of people taking out Dharma Realm loans were both skyrocketing.
Fa Liuyuan knew in his heart that in order to conduct a more comprehensive test and evaluation of the Law Edict, there were Material Humans living in each of these miniature cities.
“These mortals are simulating the ecology of the Lower Realm.”
“And Lie Jinghong’s ‘Dharma Realm Obligation’ requires people to be connected to the Dharma Realm from birth.”
Fa Liuyuan thought to himself, “This has a huge impact on the Lower Realm… Or rather, this Law Edict was created precisely to align with the sect’s construction plans and keep up with the times.”
The Lower Realm’s Dharma Realm construction that was currently being promoted flashed through Fa Liuyuan’s mind.
“The Lower Realm’s Dharma Realm construction, paired with the Dharma Realm obligation promoted through third-generation Law Edicts, will connect the upper and lower Dharma Realms at the fastest speed.”
Fa Liuyuan commented, “Lie Jinghong’s Dharma Realm Obligation is the key Law Edict that will uplift the Dharma Realm Dao Lineage in the future, allowing the Dharma Realm Dao Lineage to ascend once again.”
“It’s not just that.”
Fa Liuyuan turned his head to look and found that the person speaking was a judge from the Dharma Realm Dao Lineage named Jie Chongxian.
This judge from the Dharma Realm Dao Lineage spoke eloquently, “The Dharma Realm’s obligations require all living beings to first complete their registration within the Dharma Realm at the very moment of their birth. This can be said to have a chokehold on the Reincarnation System.”
He continued with a proud look on his face, “In the future, within the deployment scope of the Dharma Realm, without the Immortal Emperor’s approval and without going through the Dharma Realm’s procedures, even reincarnation will not be allowed!”
Meanwhile, the data on Lie Jinghong’s side changed again.
Jie Chongxian said, “Under the Dharma Realm Obligation Law, everyone is required to be connected to the Dharma Realm for 24 hours a day under normal circumstances. Now, not only is Lie Jinghong the first to complete the Law Edict Domain coverage of the entire city, but he has also obtained the highest Thought Tide amplification.”
He smiled faintly and added, “Next, as the second phase begins, he will inevitably receive the Law Edict support from others. Achieving a grade 1 Law Edict is already a certainty.”
Fa Liuyuan thought to himself, “This Lie Jinghong, relying solely on his profound cultivation and Law Edict techniques, has pushed the expansion speed of his Law Edict True Domain to first place.”
“The twenty-four-hour Dharma Realm connection also makes all the cultivators under the coverage of his Law Edicts constantly grow in their identification with Dharma Realm obligations. His Thought Tide amplification is also ranked first.”
“I’m afraid he will also be the first trainee to have his Law Edict True Domain cover the entire arena after the second stage begins.”
At the same time, Lie Jinghong, who was floating above the miniature city, thought to himself, “So slow. Do I really have to wait another thirty-one days?”
“I won’t be able to complete my exclusive ultimate test until July 1st.”
In the office, Fa Liuyuan frowned slightly when he thought of the other party’s personalized test, thinking, “Lie Jinghong will most likely be the only grade 1 Law Edict this term.”
Shaking his head internally, Fa Liuyuan stopped paying attention to him and began observing the trainees from his Reformist Faction.
“There’s no need to worry about Tai Yuebai.”
“But Zhang Yu…”
While thinking, Fa Liuyuan looked at Zhang Yu’s city.
Fa Liuyuan’s observation of Zhang Yu had never stopped.
Or rather, the vast majority of the judges in the office had never stopped observing Zhang Yu.
After all, the Blank Law Scroll Zhang Yu demonstrated, as well as his proposed Law Edict expiration date, were truly earth-shattering in the previous approval process, making it impossible for the crowd not to pay attention to him.
And this attention brought them a sense of surprise.
Simply because after Zhang Yu equipped [Myriad Phenomena], the Immortal Qi Technology and Law Edict technology he displayed all improved drastically.
After calculating the initial spread speed of Zhang Yu’s Law Edicts, the judges sensed his Law Edict potential evaluation grade soaring wildly, directly breaking into the top 10.
Dugu Ming thought inwardly, “A cultivator who can earn such favor from the Immortal Emperor indeed has astonishing Immortal Dao Potential. It has only been a few days since he broke through to Void Refinement, right? To think he could actually push his potential evaluation into the top 10 in one go through his study of Law Edict technology!”
Regarding Zhang Yu’s performance, the many judges were also slightly surprised and grew increasingly curious about his subsequent actions.
But soon, Zhang Yu’s potential evaluation grade underwent another drastic change.
As the Law Edicts established by Zhang Yu continuously spread, his originally increasing evaluation grade… unexpectedly began to decline, plummeting all the way to 15 in one go.
Witnessing this scene, Fa Liuyuan sighed inwardly: “The Law Edict expiration date… doesn’t need to be complied with by these miniature humans who don’t have Law Edicts.”
“It hasn’t brought them any benefits, nor can any oppression be seen.”
“To them… the Law Edict Expiration Date is as if it didn’t exist.”
“Therefore, it’s very difficult to obtain Thought Tides…”
Although he had long guessed this possibility, Fa Liuyuan had always felt that Zhang Yu must have also thought of this point and surely had a countermeasure.
But looking at it now…
Fa Liuyuan thought to himself: “Zhang Yu… doesn’t have a countermeasure? Or did his countermeasure fail?”
On the other side, Ling Chenji, who was also observing Zhang Yu, chuckled and said, “His Thought Tide amplification is ranked last overall, and he has hardly formed any influence on the thoughts of the Material Humans.”
“Can such a Law Edict even be considered a third-generation Law Edict? What is the difference between it and a second-generation Law Edict? I’m afraid it would be suppressed in a single encounter.”
Su Xianchen thought to himself: “Was there a design flaw in the Law Edict? Or a technical flaw? Did it prevent him from compensating for this Law Edict’s defect in Thought Tide amplification?”
Fa Liuyuan sighed inwardly: “As expected, completing a Law Edict that manages Law Edicts is not so easy. Zhang Yu… you were too hasty.”
Bu Yuangui recalled the blank Law Scroll bestowed by the Myriad Laws Immortal Emperor and thought to himself: “Could it be… that he really is just a pawn used by the Immortal Emperor to introduce the concept of ‘Law Edict management’? Or could it be…”
Looking at Zhang Yu on the light screen, Bu Yuangui thought: “What else are you hiding? What other trump cards do you have? But falling behind so much right from the start, what kind of trump card is needed to make up for it?”